Devotions and Celebrations
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 3243 YEARLY EVENTS
- Blood drives every quarter. They were held at St. Peter in the past.
- Spelling Bee Contest - Normally held in February. Pope John XXIII in Evanston used to host this event.
- "Shamrocks for Kids" - A church fundraiser in March to benefit Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
- Memorial Day Holy Mass: Coffee and Donuts
- ID (Intellectual Disabilities) Drive usually in October.
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What do we Celebrate?
Part of Ss. Peter and Lambert's unique community life is the celebrations of sacred Catholic devotions, venerations and traditions from different cultures. These popular piety are the events that draw everyone closer together as parish family, with the single purpose of honoring God.
You, are cordially invited to join.
"St. Lambert's really is a family. I am always so impressed that, when people come back to visit, they speak with such fondness of their time here. People of every nation come to know each other and genuinely care for each other. Psalm 133 says, “See, how good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on Aaron's beard.” Aaron was the first high priest, responsible for the sacrifices of the old law. It is still true that unity makes a sacrifice pleasing to God. It is such a blessing for me to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for people who so genuinely care for each other." - Fr. R. Simon, former pastor, St. Lambert, Skokie, IL
Photo courtesy: Vic Melecio,
Our Year-Round Schedule:
This is a tentative list and tentative schedule. None is final until published in the Parish bulletin, posted on the churchs' announcement boards.Daily Devotions
- The Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Devotion
- St. Peter Church
- Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy: Monday - Saturday, 7:30am
- Holy Rosary: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:05am
- Divine Mercy: Tuesday and Thursday, 6:05am
- St. Lambert Church
- Holy Rosary: Every Thursday evening and after the daily Holy Mass
- St. Peter Church
Weekly Devotions
- Ss. Peter and Lambert Intercessory Prayer Group
- St. Lambert Church Side Chapel
- Every Sunday following the 12:00 Noon Holy Mass
- St. Lambert Church Side Chapel
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena
- St. Peter Church
- Every Wednesday morning after the 8:15am Daily Holy Mass
- St. Lambert Church
- Every Wednesday evening after the 5:00pm Holy Mass.
- St. Peter Church
Monthly Devotions and Celebrations
- Holy Hour in Honor of our Lady of Fatima
- St. Peter Church
- Every 13th Day of the month, after the 8:15 am Holy Mass
- St. Peter Church
- Rosary in Honor of Our Lady of Fatima
- St. Peter Church
- 1st Saturday of the month, after 8:15 Holy Mass
- St. Peter Church
- Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- St. Peter Church
- Exposition, Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament after the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena. Every 1st Friday of the month, after the 8:15am Holy Mass
- St. Peter Church
- Holy Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Hour
- St. Lambert Church
- Exposition, Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Holy Hour. Every 1st Friday of the month,10:00 am-4:45pm followed by the 5:00pm Holy Mass.
- St. Lambert Church
Yearly Devotions and Celebrations
- Feast of the Epiphany
- St. Lambert Church
- 1st or 2nd Sunday of January
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrations of the Sacredness of life
- March for Life Chicago - Every 2nd or 3rd weekend of January. Assembly area is at St. Lambert Church Parking
- Babybottle Project - Month of October, St. Lambert Church
- Christmas Wreath and Mothers' Day Flowers Sale- Seasonal Fundraising, St. Lambert Church Vestibule
- Youth Church Baby Shower - Schedule varies, usually during the Month of April, St. Lambert Church
- Feast Day Celebration of St. Sebastian
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrated on the 2nd or 3rd weekend of January
- St. Lambert Church
Photo courtesy: Xabier Barbaran- Novena and Feast Day Celebration of the Sto. Nino (The Infant Jesus)
- St. Lambert Church
- Preceded by a Nine-day Novena and concluded by a Eucharistic Celebration. Celebrated on 3rd or 4th Saturday of January
- St. Lambert Church
- Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
- St. Peter Church
- Tentative February 22 (TBS)
- St. Peter Church
Photo: NewAdvent.Org,- Novena and Feast Day Celebration of San Pedro Calungsod (Filipino Saint)
- St Lambert
- Preceded by a Nine-day Novena and concluded by a Eucharistic Celebration. Celebrated on 1st Saturday of April
- May Crowning of The Blessed Virgin Mary
- St. Lambert Church
- 2nd or 3rd week of May by Seniors Activity Club and Last Sunday of May by the Youth Church
- St. Lambert Church
Photo courtesy: Weena Gomez
- Easter Sunday Salubong (The Encounter/The Welcome)
- St. Lambert Church and Grounds
- Procession and Eucharistic Celebration on the early morning (schedule varies) of Easter Sunday
- St. Lambert Church and Grounds
Photos courtesy: Luisa Penepacker- Sunday of Divine Mercy
- St. Lambert Church
- 3:00 pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on the Sunday of Divine Mercy
- St. Lambert Church
- Feast Day of Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ)
- St. Lambert Church and Grounds
- 10:00 am Eucharistic Celebration followed by Processionon of the Blessed Sacrament.
- St. Lambert Church and Grounds
- Feast Day Celebration of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
- St Peter Church
- 1st or 2nd week of June. Celebrated during the Feast Day or on the following Saturday at 8:15 am Holy Mass
- St Peter Church
- Feast of St. Peter (and St. Paul)
- St. Peter Church
- June 29
- St. Peter Church
- Feast Day Celebration of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrated on the last Saturday of June
- St. Lambert Church
- Bratfest/Family Fun Festival
- Venue to be determined
- Celebrated on the 2nd or 3rd weekend of August
- Venue to be determined
- Feast Day Celebration of Nuestra Señora del Cobre/ La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady of Charity)
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrated on 1st or 2nd weekend of September
- St. Lambert Church
Photo courtesy of Gloria Gualberto Bayani- Feast Day Celebration of St. Lambert
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrated on September 17 or on the 3rd Saturday of September,
- St. Lambert Church
- Novena and Feast Days Celebration of St. Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino Saint)
- St. Lambert Church
- Preceded by a Nine-day Novena and concluded by a Eucharistic Celebration. Celebrated on the 3rd or 4th Saturday of September
- St. Lambert Church
- Novena and Feast Day Celebration of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fatima
- St. Lambert Church and Grounds
- Preceded by a Nine-day Novena. Celebrated by a Holy Mass and a procession on the 1st or 2nd Saturday of October
- St. Lambert Church and Grounds
- Crowning of the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fatima
- St. Peter Church
- Last Sunday of October, after the 11:00 am Holy Mass
- St. Peter Church
- Feast Day Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrated on the second Sunday of December
- St. Lambert Church
- Simbang Gabi (Holy Masses of the Night)
- St. Peter Church
- Preceded by an eight-day Novena Masses at 6:30 am from December 15 to 22, concluded by a Eucharistic Celebration on December 23rd at 5:00 pm
- St. Peter Church
- The Greater ("O") Anthiphon
- St. Lambert Church
- Celebrated between December 16 and 23 at the 5:00 pm Holy Mass
- St. Lambert Church
Photos courtesy of Luisa Penepacker
At its core the piety of the people is a storehouse of values that offers answers of Christian wisdom to the great questions of life. The Catholic wisdom of the people is capable of fashioning a vital synthesis. . . . It creatively combines the divine and the human, Christ and Mary, spirit and body, communion and institution, person and community, faith and homeland, intelligence and emotion. This wisdom is a Christian humanism that radically affirms the dignity of every person as a child of God, establishes a basic fraternity, teaches people to encounter nature and understand work, provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life. For the people this wisdom is also a principle of discernment and an evangelical instinct through which they spontaneously sense when the Gospel is served in the Church and when it is emptied of its content and stifled by other interests. CCC1676
Join us by visiting the "News/Events" page few days before any scheduled celebration, call or email us at (847) 673-6979 or [email protected] for final schedule and volunteer opportunities for each event listed here.
Note: All photogharphy by rcharder unless indicated. Please use proper credit and courtesy when reposting all pictures. Thank you. - The Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Devotion